Roundtable Discussion on 'India-Australia: Towards building a Green Energy Ecosystem'

Date : 28 July 2023

Location : Chennai

The Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce in association with Deakin University (a Corporate Patron/Lifetime member) was pleased to organise a Roundtable Discussion on 'India-Australia: Towards building a Green Energy Ecosystem’ for 15 select senior representatives from the green energy industry, Australian government and legal/regulatory experts on 28 July in Chennai.

Welcome remarks were delivered by Ms. Petula Thomas CEO, IACC and the Opening Remarks were delivered by Ms. Sarah Kirlew, Australian Consul General in Chennai.

Ravneet Pawha, Vice President - Global Alliances, CEO - South Asia, Deakin University and Co-Chair of IACC’s Education & Research leadership forum, set the scene/context and the discussion was moderated by Dr. David Halliwell, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Partnerships, Futures Portfolio, Deakin University.

Excellent insights were received from Ms. Priyanka Sahasrabudhe Lead - Business Development (Hydrogen Power Systems), Ador Powertron Limited, Mr. Saad Ashraf, Business Head – India, Ceres Dr. Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri, Asssociate Professor - Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Dr N Rajlakshmi, Professor of Practice, IIT-Dharwad, Mr. Bhagyathej Reddy, Executive Director - Consulting practice, PwC India Mr. Kiran Kumar Alla, Senior Director, Plug Power, Mr. Arun P S, Policy Analyst – Trade and Investment, Australian Consulate-General, Chennai, Dr Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Senior Vice President - Product Development, Ashok Leyland Mr. G Suresh Kumar, Asst Vice President - State/Region Govt Relation – Chennai, Avaada Group, Mr. Balamurugan KGS, Director -Strategy, Universal Engineers, Mr. Vinod Kumar N, Director (Trade & Investment) - Cleantech (Water, Environment, Energy) South Asia, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Mr. Harish Palani, Senior Research Specialist, WRI India India.

Prof. Kanagaratnam Baskaran, Pro Vice-Chancellor, International Research Partnerships, Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Deakin University wrapped up the session. IACC, Deakin University and IIT-Madras agreed to take forward some of the action points/next steps.